Had to figure out how to do some resizing. Never done it before. Hope this works for Blair.
BIGGER PICS BELOW!!!
Had to figure out how to do some resizing. Never done it before. Hope this works for Blair.
BIGGER PICS BELOW!!!
That should be better!
Cheers!
Curtis
Just.... WOW!
Amazing job you did there, and also a very nice snare!
Just a question, how did you handle the very rusty tension rods? I have some of those in the same condition and i`m not sure how to de-rust them without damaging the threads.
Blair - congrats! Wow! I love when people save drums. Can you imagine someone painting that blue over the extreme detail and beauty of these drums?
I don't know, they looked pretty good blue..............haha just kidding, what an amazing find
Just.... WOW! Amazing job you did there, and also a very nice snare!Just a question, how did you handle the very rusty tension rods? I have some of those in the same condition and i`m not sure how to de-rust them without damaging the threads.
Thanks a lot EC!
There are actually 2 snares here.....
1 early 20's Ludwig DeLuxe AKA Black Beauty
The other,a early 20's Leedy Elite....basically,their version of a Black Beauty.......
I found these drums 2 doors down from me at a neighbors house! Crazy!
To clean rods,I dipped them in Evapo-Rust,and then polished them with German Simichrome polish.
I prolly put 10-20 hours into the 2 drums!
actually the paint mite of saved the drum as a protective layer as i found out on the acro im restoring nice job. what are they worth now?
Talk about buried treasure! Fantastic rescue on both of these. Congratulations.
Thanks all.............
Both drums were missing strainers front and back..........
With a few phone calls,I was able to find the close to 90 YO strainer for the Leedy....that was lucky!It's nickel though......oh well..........
I had the 2 butt plates here already,and 1/3 of the strainer for the Blk Beauty.
Mike Curotto sold me repro parts to complete........
Amazing! Great job on restoring and what a cool story. Enjoy those babies!
larry
p.s. I'd bet they were painted in the 60's to match the tangerine toms and bass...wait...THOSE are my old drums ! The toms were some radio kings in a tophat& cane wrap... que sera. :)
Bowing
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